
The Academic Staff Union of Universities,
ASUU, has denied media reports saying it was
planning to embark on a one-week warning
strike. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN
yesterday quoted the Chairman of the
University of Abuja chapter of ASUU, Ben
Ugheoke, as saying the union will on October
2nd embark on a one week warning strike to
press home their demands fro the full
implementation of the 2009 agreements they
had with the Federal government.
In an interview with Premiumtimes today,
Ugheoke denied making such an
announcement in an interview he granted a
NAN reporter.
“A certain reporter in NAN is responsible for
this damage. As a result of this falsified report,
I am facing a panel later tonight from ASUU
National body. I have reached out to the NAN
reporter and he told me it was a mix-up. He
also begged me to save his job. We have never
given a date for any form of strike, whether
warning strike or full blown strike. There was
nothing like a date fixed for a strike” he said.
Ugheoke says he hopes the agency will release
a rebuttal to the false report soon. ASUU on
August 31st, threatened to embark on a
nationwide strike over the non-implementation
of its 2009 agreement with the Federal
Government.
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